Nº9 Pavel Arestov & Peter Krug

Win

Section A.

Pavel Arestov & Peter Krug (Russia-Austria)

wKh1,Ng8,Pg4,g5/bKd7,Nb3

1.g6!
1.Kg2? Ke8 2.Nh6 Nd4 3.g6 Ne6 4.Kf3 Ke7=

1…Ke8 2.Nh6!
Prematurely 2.g7? Kf7 3.Nf6 Kxg7=
Logical try: 2.Nf6+? Kf8 3.Nh5 Nd4 /a5 4.Kg2 Nc6! 5.Kg3 Ne7 6.Nf4 Kg7=

2…Kf8 3.Nf5 Nc1! 4.Kg2!
4.Kh2? Ne2 5.g7+ Kg8 6.Kh3 Nf4+ 7.Kh4 Ne6 8.Kh5 Kh7=

4…Nd3 5.Kg3 Ne5 6.g7+ Kg8 7.Kf4 Nd7
7…Ng6+ 8.Kg5 Ne5 9.Kh5!+-

8.Kg5!
Try: 8.g5? Nc5 9.Ke5 Kf7 10.Kd5 Na6!! 11.g6+ Kg8 12.Kd6 Nb4 13.Ke5 Nd5! 14.Kxd5= stalemate

8…Kh7 9.Kh5! Nf6+ 10.Kh4 Nd7
10…Ne8 11.Kg5 Nxg7 12.Kf6! Ne8+ 13.Kf7 Nc7 14.g5 Ne6! 15.g6+! Kh8 16.Kxe6+-

11.g5 Ne5 12.Kh5! zz 12…Kg8
12…Ng6 13.g8Q+!+-

13.g6!
Try: 13.Kh6 Ng6! 14.Kh5 Nf4+ 15.Kh6 Ng6 16.Kxg6= stalemate

13…Nxg6
13…Ng4 14.Ne7++-

14.Kh6! zz
14.Kxg6? stalemate

14…Nf8 15.Ne7++-